PAINTING 
YOUR  HOUSE 


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C.  A.  SIMPSON  & SON 

Painters  and  Decorators 
25  Madison  Avenue 
Flushing,  N.  Y. 


Phone  338-M  Flushing 


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Painting-  Your  House 

The  Straight  Road  to 
Satisfactory  Painting 


DOESN’T  your  house  need  painting? 
Look  it  over. 

If  you  decide  that  it  does,  you  may  just 
as  well  make  sure  of  a painting  job  done 
with  well-known  materials  of  the  highest 
quality,  in  a way  that  will  make  you 
proud  of  your  home,  and  that  will  give 
you  your  money’s  worth  in  protection 
and  long  wear. 

There  are  numerous  reasons  for  good 
painting.  Most  important,  perhaps,  is 
the  feeling  of  satisfaction  in  knowing 
that  your  place  looks  well.  It  helps  your 
standing  in  the  community;  it  shows 
thrift  and  self-respect.  The  people  who 
care  how  their  homes  appear  are  the 
ones  you  want  for  neighbors.  They  are 
likely  to  be  good  citizens.  Every  well- 
kept,  well-painted  place  improves  values. 
Such  property  sells  better  and  is  worth 
more  as  possible  security  for  a loan.  The 
only  excuse  for  poor  painting  may  be 
low  first  cost,  but  a thing  with  low  first 
cost  often  comes  high  in  the  end. 

Three  things,  all  mentioned  in  this 


booklet — The  Color,  The  Painter,  The  Paint 
- — will  give  you  the  open  secret  of  paint  satis- 
faction. The  Color 

TO  name  the  three  things  in  the  order  of 
their  importance  might  place  color  last, 
though  it  is  for  looks,  chiefly,  that  most 
painting  is  done.  But  a good  reason  for  men- 


COLORS  SHOWN  ABOVE— Body,  White;  Shutters.  No.  644 ; 

Chimneys,  No.  641;  Roof, 
Weathered. 

ALTERNATE  SUGGESTION — Body,  No.  625;  Roof,  No.  644; 

Trim,  White. 


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644 


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COLORS  SHOWN  ABOVE  — Sidewalls,  No.  657;  Trim.  No. 

665;  Ceiling,  Cream  White. 

ALTERNATE  SUGGESTION— Sidewalls,  No  664;  Trim.  White; 

Ceiling.  White. 


tioning  color  first  is  because  color-help  forms 
so  large  a part  of  this  booklet. 

You  will  see  that  the  houses  shown  are  of 
different  styles.  One  is  English  half-timbered; 
another,  Dutch  colonial;  another,  a cottage, 
and  so  on.  The  color  recommended  for  each 
house  is  considered  the  best  combination  for 


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that  style,  though  there  may  be  other  com- 
binations that  are  excellent. 

A great  many  houses  combine  different  J 
types  of  style.  For  such  homes  the  choosing 
of  a good  color  scheme  is  especially  important, 
because  they  may  have  no  distinctive  archi- 
tectural features  to  help  them  out.  Small 


COLORS  SHOWN  ABOVE— Body,  No.  648;  Roof.  No.  635; 

Trim,  White. 

ALTERNATE  SUGGESTION  Body,  No.  622;  Trim  and  Roof 
as  above. 


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houses  should  have  light  colors,  except  that  a 
bungalow  is  often  painted  dark  to  preserve 
its  low  appearance. 

Roof  shingles  may  be  left  to  weather  or 
may  be  stained  or  painted  a dark  color, 
preferably  red,  green  cr  brown. 

For  wall  decoration,  use  tints  that  are 


COLORS  SHOWN  ABOVE— Sidewalls,  No.  670;  Trim,  No. 

656;  Ceiling,  No.  656. 

ALTERNATE  SUGGESTION — Sidewalls,  No.  663;  Trim.  No. 

656;  Ceiling,  White. 


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soft,  and  that  blend  with  the  color  of  the 
woodwork.  White  wood-trim,  light  cream 
ceiling  and  deep  cream  sidewalls  make  a 
simple  but  dignified  combination.  Try  to 
select  for  all  the  rooms  on  the  same  floor 
color  schemes  which  will  harmonize  with 
each  other,  so  that  there  will  be  no  clashing 


COLORS  SHOWN  ABOVE  — Body,  No.  621;  Roof,  No.  650; 

Trim,  White. 

ALTERNATE  SUGGESTION—  Body,  No.  642;  Trim  and  Roof 
as  above. 


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of  colors  between  rooms  which  communicate. 

Color  for  the  living-room  should  be  simple, 
for  the  dining-room  cheerful,  for  the  bedroom 
dainty.  In  rooms  that  have  plenty  of  sun- 
light, soft  tones  of  gray,  green,  brown  or 
blue  are  usually  preferable.  For  northern 
or  poorly-lighted  rooms,  sunny  colors,  such 

COLORS  SHOWN  ABOVE  - Sidewalls.  No.  659 ; Ceiling,  No. 

660;  Trim,  White. 

ALTERNATE  SUGGESTION— Sidewalls,  No.  669;  Trim,  White; 

Ceiling,  White. 


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as  delicate  yellow  and  neutral  tans,  are 
better.  It  is  a good  rule  to  avoid  dark  colors 
for  walls. 

White-leaded  walls  are  recommended  be- 
cause they  are  so  durable  and  sanitary,  and 
because  nothing  but  tepid  water  and  mild 
soap  are  needed  to  make  them  fresh  as  new. 


COLORS  SHOWN  ABOVE  — Concrete,  Natural;  Roof,  No. 

650;  Trim,  No.  636. 

ALTERNATE  SUGGESTION—  Trim,  No.  620;  Roof  as  above. 


636 


650 


620 


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The  Painter 

IT  takes  more  than  a pot  of  ready-made 
paint  (ingredients  unknown),  a brush  or 
two,  a pair  of  overalls  and  a ladder  to  make 
a real  painter. 

In  painting,  more  than  in  almost  any  other 

COLORS  SHOWN  ABOVE  Trim  and  Upper  Sidewalls,  No. 

625;  Lower  Sidewalls,  No.  661; 
Ceiling,  Cream  White. 


ALTERNATE  SUGGESTION—  Upper  Sidewalls,  No.  625;  Lower 
Sidewalls,  No.  667;  Trim,  No. 
625;  Ceiling,  Cream  White. 


625  661  667 

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trade,  results  depend  upon  knowing  how. 
By  all  means  entrust  your  job  to  an  experi- 
enced, reliable  painter;  one  who  knows  the 
difference  between  a porous,  absorbent  wood 
and  a hard,  close-grained  or  sappy  wood; 
who  knows  what  each  building  and  each  side 
of  a building  require;  how  many  coats  are 

COLORS  SHOWN  ABOVE — Body,  No  642;  Roof,  No.  644; 

Trim,  No.  629. 

ALTERNATE  SUGGESTION  Body,  White;  Trim,  No.  629. 


642  629  644 

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to  give  best  results. 

National  Lead  Company,  whose  experi- 
enced and  practical  men  are  constantly 
studying  all  sides  of  the  painting  problem, 
say  that  three  coats  on  new  work  are  far 
more  economical  than  two,  because  the  wood 

COLORS  SHOWN  ABOVE  — Sidewalls,  No.  666;  Trim,  No. 

668;  Ceiling,  Cream  White. 

ALTERNATE  SUGGESTION—  Sidewalls,  No.  662;  Trim,  No. 

656,  (see  living-room);  Ceiling, 
White. 


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is  more  thoroughly  covered,  the  coats  wear 
longer  and  are  likely  to  be  in  better  condition 
for  repainting. 

Our  shop  employs  skilled  workmen  who 
are  under  our  personal  direction  on  all  the 
work  we  do.  They  are  the  kind  of  men  who 
respect  the  value  of  property  and  do  not 
leave  walls,  floors,  furniture  and  grounds 
more  or  less  damaged. 

We  try  to  please  you  so  well  that  you  will 
want  us  again.  Our  prices  are  reasonable.  We 
ask  only  a fair  profit,  but  we  do  charge  enough 
to  give  you  honest  work.  We  can’t  bid  against 
the  day-wage  man  who  doesn’t  know  enough  | 
to  prepare  his  materials,  but  we  will  come  ! 
nearer  than  he  possibly  can  to  giving  you 
good  value  for  your  money. 

The  Paint 

WE  use  only  pure  white  lead,  its  quality, 
guaranteed  by  the  “Dutch  Boy 
Painter”  trade-mark,  standing  for  nearly  a 
century’s  experience  in  the  manufacture  of 
white  lead  and  linseed  oil. 

Not  only  the  white  lead,  but  also  the  linseed  | 
oil,  the  turpentine  and  the  tinting  colors  are  [ 
the  best  we  can  buy. 

These  ingredients  make  the  paint  that  i 
wears  smooth,  doesn’t  crack  and  scale  off, 
and  will  not  require,  by  and  by,  an  expensive 
job  of  scraping  or  burning  off  before  you 
can  repaint. 

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Besides  looking  better,  good  paint  is  like 
insurance.  It  protects  your  buildings  from 
decay  and  from  the  ravages  of  the  weather. 

Let  us  figure  on  your  painting  house  (in- 
terior or  exterior),  barn,  garage,  fence — any- 
thing that  needs  decorating  and  protecting. 


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